the Man par excellence or the representative man and father of the human race (regarded in the RV. as the first to have instituted sacrifices and religious ceremonies , and associated with the ṛṣis kaṇva and atri ; in the AitBr. described as dividing his possessions among some of his sons to the exclusion of one called nābhā-nediṣṭhaq.v. ; called sāṃvaraṇa as author of RV. ix , 101 , 10-12 ; āpsava as author of ib. 106 , 7-9 ; in Naigh. v , 6 he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere , and VS. xi , 66 as father of men even identified with prajā-pati ; but the name manu is esp. applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors and sovereigns of the earth , described Mn. i , 63 and in later works as creating and supporting this world through successive antaras or long periods of time »manv-antara below ; the first is called svāyambhuva as sprung from svayam-bhū , the Self-existent , and described in Mn. 12 , 34 as a sort of secondary creator , who commenced his work by producing 10 prajāpatis or maharṣis , of whom the first was marīci , Light ; to this manu is ascribed the celebrated " code of manu " »manu-saṃhitā , and two ancient sūtra works on kalpa and gṛhyai.e. sacrificial and domestic rites ; he is also called hairaṇyagarbha as son of hiraṇya-garbha , and prācetasa , as son of pra-cetas ; the next 5 manus are called svārociṣa , auttami , tāmasa , raivata , cākṣuṣacf.IW. 208 n.1 ; the 7th manu , called vaivasvata , Sun-born , or from his piety , satya-vrata , is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings , and said , like the Noah of the Old Testament , to have been preserved from a great flood by viṣṇu or brahmā in the form of a fish: he is also variously described as one of the 12 ādityas , as the author of RV. viii , 27-31, as the brother of yama , who as a son of he Sun is also called vaivasvata , as the founder and first king of ayodhyā , and as father of ilā who married budha , son of the Moon , the two great solar and lunar races being thus nearly related to each other »IW. 344 ; 373 ; the 8th manu or first of the future manus accord. to VP. iii , 2, will be sāvarṇi ; the 9th dakṣa-sāvarṇi ; the 12th rudra-sāvarṇi ; the 13th raucya or deva-sāvarṇi ; the 14th bhautya or indra-sāvarṇi)